1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1663 as follows:
1.2Page 2, after line 33, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 4. WILD RICE STUDY.
1.4    By February 15, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must prepare a study
1.5for natural wild rice that includes:
1.6    (1) the current location and estimated acreage and area of natural stands;
1.7    (2) identified threats to natural stands, including, but not limited to, development
1.8pressure, water levels, pollution, invasive species, and genetic strains; and
1.9    (3) recommendations to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over
1.10natural resources on protecting and increasing natural wild rice stands in the state.
1.11    In developing the study, the commissioner must contact and ask for comments
1.12from the state's wild rice industry, the commissioner of agriculture, local officials with
1.13significant areas of wild rice within their jurisdictions, tribal leaders within affected
1.14federally recognized tribes, and interested citizens.
1.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.16    Sec. 5. CONSTRUCTION.
1.17    Nothing in this act affects, alters, or modifies the authorities, responsibilities,
1.18obligations, or powers of the state or any political subdivision thereof or any federally
1.19recognized tribe."
1.20Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.21Amend the title accordingly